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What does acid rain eat through?

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Anonymous

11y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

Acid rain also dissolves helpful minerals and nutrients like calcium, magnesium and potassium before trees can absorb them. Old buildings, monuments and tombstones bear the smooth signs of acidic corrosion and deterioration.

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